Alabama Code 40-18-56. Furnishing sworn statement of annual return of income to department; penalties for failure to comply; limitations on inspection of taxpayer’s records
Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-18-56
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
The Department of Revenue may at any time, in its discretion, require the taxpayer to furnish a sworn statement of the annual return of income made under the provisions of the act of Congress of the United States for the calendar or fiscal year in question or for the preceding calendar or fiscal year. Any person who shall willfully fail to comply with this demand shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100, and may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months, or both. No taxpayer shall be subjected to unnecessary examination or investigation, and only one inspection of a taxpayer’s books or accounts shall be made for a taxable year unless the taxpayer requests otherwise or unless the Department of Revenue, after investigation, notifies the taxpayer in writing that an additional inspection is necessary, together with the reasons for such additional inspection.